The British Ports Association has today published new research by infrastructure advisory firm Moffatt & Nichol which shows that UK ports and terminals have an estimated £1.7bn of port infrastructure investment in the development pipeline.

As the European Council’s negotiating guidelines were released today the British Ports Association has written to the EU’s lead Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and the European Council President Donald Tusk to warn that a free trade agreement on goods could still lead to major disruption at certain European ports.

The UK Department for Transport have today published the new Ports Good Governance Guidance. The Guidance is focussed on corporate governance for all statutory harbour authorities in England and (currently until policy is devolved) Wales. It includes sections relevant to all types of statutory harbour authorities with specific detailed guidance for trusts ports and local authority owned ports.

The British Ports Association welcomed the first meeting of the new Women in Maritime Taskforce which was facilitated by the umbrella group Maritime UK today. The Taskforce has been established to address fairness, equality and inclusion within the maritime sector.

Responding to the publication of the Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee report on ‘Brexit: Trade in Food’, the British Ports Association warned that without agreements on cross-border environmental health standards there could be major disruption at UK and EU ports.